Last night I
attended the first Villains
Unleashed event that Disney has
done. They did have a Limited
Time Magic event last September
on Friday the 13th where the
villains invaded the Studios
along with the 24 hour event
that happened this May to test
out how well a villains event
may go. The two previous ones
were both popular enough, so
Villains Unleashed received the
go ahead.

Countdown from when I was at the
park earlier in the day

I arrived at
7:15 (the official start of the
event was 8:00) and went
straight to the Streets of
America to figure out which
villain I wanted to meet first.
Unfortunately, one of the main
characters I wanted to meet,
Captain Gantu from Lilo and
Stitch, wasn't going to start
meeting guests until 9:30. I
wandered around the Streets
checking out other times for
characters and a few would start
at 8 while others started at
8:30 or 9:00.

Constantine's sign

I decided to
meet Constantine from Muppets
Most Wanted since he had never
appeared in a meet and greet
before. While the line moved
very slowly, there was a lot of
excitement rushing throughout
the line when we found out that
not only was Constantine in
Muppet form, but he was being
performed by Matt Vogel, the
actual performer for Constantine
in the film!

Constantine said he didn't want
to pose but was afraid someone
would kill him if he didn't

I ended up
waiting three hours (45 minutes
before the event began and
another 2 hours and 15 minutes
after), but it was well worth
the wait. While the family in
front of me only got a quick
picture with Constantine, I
spent about five minutes talking
with him while we tried to
figure out a way to break him
out of jail (he especially liked
my idea of putting his cell on
wheels and starting a trend of
Jails on Wheels).

Meeting Constantine

After talking
with Constantine I wandered
around the Streets of America
where several other characters
were wandering around as well.
Gaston had a group of girls
following him while Anastasia
and Drizella were yelling for
someone to propose. I opted not
to get in another line for a
meet and greet so I would have a
chance to experience some other
entertainment being offered at
the event.

Captain Gantu

I headed over to
Oogie Boogie's Freaky Funhouse
Show which was located at the
Theater of the Stars on Sunset
Boulevard. The show was very odd
and weird. In fact, it was one
of the weirdest experiences I've
ever had on Disney property. The
preshow was very good, but the
actual show starring Oogie
Boogie and some sideshow acts
was entertaining, but I can't
stress it enough, just plain
weird. There was a sword
swallower, a couple that shot
arrows at each other, and
another couple that danced with
fire. Again, it was
entertaining, but very weird.

Oogie Boogie's Freaky Funhouse
Show

Afterwards I
wandered around for a little bit
longer taking in all the sights
and sounds of the event, but
eventually I made my way over to
Hollywood Boulevard to get a
good spot for the fireworks. I
was worried on how the fireworks
would play out since the Star
Wars ones were amazing, but the
Frozen ones are simply so so.
Overall, it was an amazing
display. The music selections to
go with the display were all
instrumental, which was a great
choice (I would have loved to
hear things like Poor
Unfortunate Souls or Be
Prepared, but this was a smarter
move I think) and the finale was
over the top amazing!

Stormtrooper Selfie

Throughout the
night, none of the characters
were signing autographs, but
while we were leaving the park
everyone received an autograph
card with almost every villain
found during the event! I wish I
could have had a few characters
sign my autographed copy of From
Screen to Theme, but the card
was a great little bonus as
well.

Autograph card

Overall, I had a
great time during the event. The
three hour wait for Constantine
wasn't great, but in the end it
was totally worth it. I've
always been a huge fan of the
Muppets and to actually interact
with a Muppet who was being
performed by their actual
performer was almost worth the
price of admission itself. The
fireworks display was great and
I loved watching the characters
roam around.

Hades Hangout

I do feel like
this event will occur again in
the future, and when it does I
hope they have multiple days for
it so guests have a chance to
meet more characters. Other than
that, I did have a great time
throughout the evening!